to a resurgent economy and greatness. paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction but the nation chose another leader and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and this great nation. thank you and god bless america. you guys are the best. thank you so much. thank you. thanks guys. [ applause ]

>> very sad moment for the romney family, paul ryan and his family. they worked very hard but they did not succeed. they lost tonight. the president of the united states and joe biden have been reelected. you see mitt romney there. he's there with his five sons, his five daughters in law. 18 grand children. i don't know if the grand children are late. it's pretty late after 1:00 a.m. on the east coast. the sons worked very hard. paul ryan worked very hard as well. we'll be hearing from the president of the united states. he'll have a very different speech. he will not be conceding. he'll have a victorious speech because he was reelected rather

impressively in the electoral college. mitt romney and paul ryan worked hard. there they are on the stage in boston. you can see how painful it is in their face. it started off they had high expectations. all of their aides were pretty pumped. it doesn't work out well from the romneys or the ryans. we'll wait to hear from the president of the united states very soon. >> david it is remarkable when you any about it after all the years of campaigning and hundreds of millions of dollars, all the speeches, it boils down to that making a speech and walking off the stage and it's over for mitt romney. >> and walking off the national stage. he doesn't have place right now. parties aren't kind to the people who -- >> you don't see him having a role in the republican party? >> paul ryan will. he's going to be a key figure.

>> he's still in congress. >> he would either be the negotiator or he's going to be a chief negotiator for the house of representatives. it was a very gracious speech. i think we got a sense of the fundamental decency of a man which has come through more over the last two weeks. he had no mention about how he might work with president obama. there was nothing about that. sometimes in the past when franklin roosevelt won, wendall became a real partner in helping him. >> he has no real role. >> he didn't have a role after 2008 either. he wrote a book and he started running again. >> an important civic life. >> we have new voices joining

us. paul, i want to get your thoughts. >> your heart goes out to governor romney and his family. i've been there. i've won and i lost. winning is better. i thought he handled this. i was really struck he spoke so authentically about family and friends and staff and donors. it's his name on that sign. he gets the glory. it was not there. i think david alluded to this was the agenda he might continue to push. if he were a movement leader the way ronald reagan was, the way paul ryan probably is he would have made a case for a collection of issues that will live on. it's usually standard. it was very personal and wonderful. >> we're getting a photo of

president obama and their wives. a tweet went out under barack obama twitter account it's been the most returned tweet ever. it's a picture of him hugging michelle obama after the announcement was made. i think it's an older photo. >> it was not a concession speech from a movement leader. if you remember going back throughout the primaries. there are leaders who are stepping up and being defeated, michele bachmann but mitt romney was a very strong resume, background businessman, olympic fixer, personal candidate, not the candidate. >> michelle bachmann is in a very tight race now. we're still watching closely. >> we don't nominate the most

conservative. i would urge republicans to take a deep breath and take some time. they wouldn't have been here since suffering the biggest loss in 1938. take their time and take a deep breath, start the conversations. >> i think we heard an unprepared speech. they really thought he was going to win. >> he said he only had one speech. >> i was standing there when john mccain gave his speech and we knew he was going to lose. he had days to process that. he had days to write a beautiful concession speech. i think this was a surprise and it's going to take some time to process it.

it was very gracious for a quickly written speech. >> there you see a very different mood. obama supporters ready to hear. >> fired up! ready to go! >> fired up! >> ready to go! >> fired up! listening to a video tape of president obama. the crowd excited waiting to hear from their candidate. we haven't really talked to you about, you said republicans shouldn't think the sky is falling but there does need to be some sort of look inward. where does that look go. we're already hearing from conservatives online and saying we didn't elect a conservative enough candidate and that's the problem. >> let's start with the demographics. one america's becoming increasingly nonwhite.

from george bush the percentage that was white was 77%. four years ago it was 74% the tonight it's 72%. the youth vote and the black vote turned out once again. this is to the president's credit. >> you predicted this when a lot of folks were saying we don't see the enthusiasm. >> i've been saying we'll be surprised thad the enthusiasm gap is a myth. there was a backlash against the backlash. you had groups like the dream defenders, all these young groups that didn't get any press they were working hard. >> romney took independent votes. mccain didn't take them and neither did push. he did it by four points.

secondly senior citizens. they went five points for bush and eight for mccain. seniors are growing because of the baby boomi retirement. the bottleneck is at the front. there are good demographic factors for republicans. >> you say good demographic factors but having a party based on older whites is not a future. >> you have to put all these data points together. it's not that they are in the 80, 90 range. it's the ones that are turning 65 to 70. that's a growing group of senio seniors. >> there's this consistent myth that because republicans are winning independents, they are winning moderates. obama won moderates. romney won independents. why? you remember vin diagrams from math, they have moved. the independents who leaned left

have become democrats. they don't call themselves is. they call themselves team d. it's shifted right ward. some tea party republicans are identifying as independents. what a pollster would say as independence is very different today. they are independents because they are more right wing. i think it's a myth if you're saying we're winning independents, we're going to be okay. you have to look at moderates. >> 56% for president obama. don't you think that's because of social issues. there may be fiscally more conservatives but on social issues they would be with the president. >> this idea that the republican party is engaged in some sort of introspection, where is any evidence of that? where is a single elective for

same-sex marriage? where is a single elected republican for abortion rights? they are way out of the mainstream at this point. >> lindsey graham was very emphatic about this point the other day. he said if i hear anybody say that mitt romney lost this because he went too far to the center i'm going to go nuts. >> he said it a lot better than that. he was using some colorful language. >> we're using women. >> he's the moderate? i mean he's saying that. >> you're going to get a center right republican. you're not going to get a center republican. >> i spoke to lindsey graham today. i think that's exactly where his head is. i know we talked about latinos and immigration. i talked about it with two or three. we're going to see a more vocal

moderate republicans. i think folks like jeb bush is in the middle of writing an immigration book. >> is there a new star born in the republican party with a new senator from texas? >> is that possible? >> he got elected by calling him a moderate. >> i'm not saying he's a moderate. >> he is incredibly smart. we already have some stars. hosanna martinez is not a star that doesn't get mentioned enough. >> can any of these people get elected? you had governor romney going to the right of where he had originally been. if that's where the rest of the party is -- >> they couldn't get elected this year. they couldn't get elected today but i think we'll have a conversation about this. if we don't do better with hispanics we're going to be out of the white house forever.

>> the party has to be ready to change. they need leaders and followers. so far neither are ready to change. bill clinton ran for welfare reform, for the death penalty, for nafta. he survived and won. had he run on that same platform four or eight years earlier, democrats weren't ready to change until governor clinton came in 1992. i have no idea if republicans are ready to change. i don't think they did. >> he couldn't get the conservative and republican party on board. anna is right. they'll have the wrestle with the hispanic issue.

>> you missed something very important. that's for women. i don't think reproductive rights, it's also pay equity. that's hugely important to a lot of women. it was eliminated in the 2010 midterm election. that's point. take your time and not just react. >> the republican party used to be against abortion, which is a well established and very popular position. it's not a majority but it's close. in the past year they have become identified with opposition to contra session. that is moving backwards at a pace that is astonishing and politically disasterous. where is one republican talking about how out of the mainstream

they've become. >> one thing about the democratic party since we just won, we just won. there's a couple things about the democratic party. this is not just about republican failure or republican weakness, this is about democratic strength and success. we have been able to hold together the coalition of 2008. that coalition which people said was catching lightning in a bottle, it was only about barack obama smile, it was only about george w. bush. surprise, surprise it's not true. there's a governing coalition that's merging. i looks different and talks different and has a different view. as long as we don't recognize that, there was a backlash against the backlash. it took some nasty forms and ugly forms. it brought the best out in the african-american community who went out in record numbers. it brought the best out in a new generation of young people. look at these ballot measures.

a sea shift, a water shed moment on marriage equality. this is a big, big night. this is water shed moment for the country. i think we got to give a bit of credit to the folks that won. >> we got to go to wolf. i want to talk about what we should anticipate hearing from president barack obama and what he does moving forward to try to bring the country together. >> we're told about 10,000 people are over there at the obama campaign headquarters in chicago. we're anticipating that the president will be speaking very, very soon now that romitt romne has conceded. jessica yellen is on the scene. what are you hearing? >> reporter: that's right. the president has left his hotel and he is on his way here to mccormick place to address a crowd of supporters. nay have been cheering and

chanting at terms usa and obama. i've been in touch with a number of the president's aides. he will come here with his family. the president has worked on his speech with his chief speech writer over the last few days and i asked if there's a way you describe the speech. i was told by one person if there's one world they would use to describe it it's the word hope. a word we remember from his last campaign when they emphasized hope and change. >> we remember that. thanks very much. let's stay this chicago over at the obama campaign headquarters. brianna keiler is on the floor.

>> reporter: they're not ware of the timing that soon this is going to happen. they've been waiting for some time now. talking to the people here in the audience as the night progressed and projections were made, they were very much surprised that things were moving along so quickly. they were haready to hunker dow for the evening. as they watched mitt romney's concession speech which was broadcast here live this audience was wrapped and it's safe to say for the first time where almost every one here were cheering as mitt romney spoke and now it's very much a party atmosphere as they await president obama and his acceptance speech. >> once he walks up to that stage and starts to speak the crowd will get even more excited right now. it was a pretty impressive win.

he's ahead in the popular vote as well. is he ahead right now? it looks like it's still very close. it looks like the romney, maybe over here. >> he's ahead here. sometimes the feeds come in at different speeds. california is keeping him narrow low ahead. people will say he's under 50. it's a very narrow victory. if you look at this map it's a significant victory in the sense you heard van talking about the coalition. there will be a debate about what's in and what's out. if you look at the obama map from 2008 and from tonight, that's the only thing that changed. that's the only thing that changed. two of the men republican states in our history that president obama turned blue four years ago, mitt romney turned back and just barely in the case of north carolina. that's the only big change. democrats will celebrate that. one little fun footnote for those of us that like to study maps, this little county right

here in indiana which mitt romney carried, has only twice gotten it wrong. the last time it got it wrong was in the 1950s. only twice since the 1880s and since the 1950s vego county has called the winner in our presidential election. when you look at the 2012 map t i want to circle some states out here. i'm going to circle nevada, colorado and new jersey. these are just three of the examples. yes the gender gap women is one thing but latinos are the fastest growing segment of our population. in 2008 the president carried these flthree states. if you go back to new jersey it's a swing state.

i would make the argument new jersey is part of the democratic coalition. if i can swing over here one second, nationally they crossed for the first time. it's the fastest growing segment of the population. the president got 70% of those votes. if you go by the state of nevada, latino 19%. in the state of virginia only 45% but a growing slice of the population in those growing suburbs that matter and the state of florida. 17%. some of those cubans are more conservative. if the republican party doesn't deal with that issue it risks a very dramatic change in the party. >> we're getting ready to hear the president of the united states deliver his victory

speech. he's opinion reelebeen reelected term. we'll have live coverage. we want to see all of what's going on. the excitement there at obama's campaign headquarters. let's go back to anderson. >> historic moment. you'll want to see that live with your families. let's talk about what john king was just mentioning. extraordinary to think about george w. bush getting 44% of the latino vote. what a difference a couple of years make. >> it wasn't because he spoke broken spanish. it was because he tried. he talked in the correct tone. he tried. i would tell you that mitt romney lost this race in the republican primary. he self-deported from the white house. he did not have to. it's time to start having this conversation. we cannot pretend that some of

the things that were said was not hurtful. look at the numbers. they speak for themselves. it was unimaginable to me that we would be having these numbers. barack obama was vulnerable with the latino vote. he told univision that his greatest failure was not delivering on immigration. they were disillusioned but they were terrified by the idea of a mitt romney. >> he did that action on the dream act. >> it worked beautifully. >> it's not just these are the fastest growing groups in the country, it's the spread. george bush lost to kerry by among nine votes. barack obama is winning by 30 votes. george bush lost the hispanic votes by nine points but now it's up to 30 points again.

the growing groups, the spread against republicans is getting bigger. it's a double whammy. >> also the republican party does not know how to deal on the issue of gay and lesbian americans. they are not mentioned. democratic candidates at least mention the word. you never hear about it from republicans. >> they were increasingly in that position. we started this by talk about how the democrats going into this campaign had 19 states. they won five times in a row. you start talking about what john king was talking about and new states being added to that coalition and it backs really hard. >> as we wait for president obama and we anticipate him very shortly, you can see the crowd eagerly anticipating him.

what do we anticipate him saying tonight? this is crucial. he knows his legacy is at stake. he wants to get things done. what happens now? >> it has nothing to do with the speech but i suspect he may mouth the words, he called bill clinton after he spoke to governor romney. he thanked him for his hard work. if you look at the close margin in ohio and the other states, bill clinton, that was call well placed. another thing i'm told the president will say is he won the election and he will be inaugurated in january for four more yooers wu there's work to do before then. he will thank dpoef rgovernor r for a gracious speech. the president will try follow up on that. >> tomorrow he is the president-elect of a very divided country.

somehow he needs to bring us all together not only as americans but figure out how to work with congress. >> needs to hold a press conference. >> or give a speech. >> this is not times about specifics about the fiscal cliff. close chapters in first term. >> whether he does it through a press conference or through a speech there's talk that the president is, by the enof the week, going to talk about the fiscal cliff and start leading on that. the question is how? we don't know the answer to that. >> should romney have said i have ideas on how to help jobs and i would like to work with the president. >> he lost the election. it will be interesting to see if the president reaches out to

romney. they hasn't met before the debates. you can say rmitt romney and bil clinton could deal with the fiscal issues. i think the most important relationship to be are repaired is the president of the united states and speaker boehner. the speaker blames the president. the speaker believes the president undermined him. that's a tough relationship. >> i don't mean disrespect to governor romney but he can't deliver the president any votes. join boehner can. that's why king is right to say he's got to go to speaker boehner. i don't know the republican party well enough but i know the criter criteria. it needs to be someone who can deliver republican votes or a

compromise. >> he also hadded to go to some democrats. he's not known for having warm fuzzy relationships with the democratic leaders. >> they are pretty warm and fuzzy in chicago. >> he needs to strike up friends on both sides of the isaisle. >> there is a base of folks and parts, we just went out there and threw ourselves on hand grenades and we're concerned about how the fiscal somehowdown will be handled. we say if america is broke we didn't go broke helping grandma. we want to make sure we don't get in a situation where we have a 3-1 or 5-1 cuts.

>> the american people reelected the president and reelected all majority in the house. it's mandate for both parties to find common ground which is critical to solving our debt. nice tone, no specifics. >> candy crowley, what do you expect tonight? >> reporter: well, i think a couple things. first of all will are a lot of groups, i'm sure you were getting them as well. blasting out e-mails in their part of president obama's victory. these are progressive groups are expecting something from this president. they do plooef they helped reelect him. i think that puts him in a different position with the tax

cut. i believe that speaker boehner letting the tax cuts on the rich expire was not something he was willing to do. i'm not sure where we re. nothing much gets done in lame ducks. i don't care if it is going to be the same prosecute. i think the best you'll get is some of the of extension for two or three months. then they come back in january. >> he's also said he's not expecting much out of this lame duck. i think the real issue is the president needs to sit down with them. >> reporter: the president has

arrived here. his motorcade has pulled up and he should be appearing any moment. you now know this before the crowd does. oons they emerge from what i'm told is the largest motorcade. he's with an extending group of his family and close friends who are here to observe this historic ni historic night. >> do you have a sense how long before he starts speaking? >> reporter: we don't have any timing on that yet. it won't be long now. >> we continue. >> it's also a re-election with no coat tails. the house of represents, a net of two in the house. a senator a similar of familiars.

the president gets reelected. we'll swlee the margin is. if he breaks 450% that will be psychologically important. we're still many the muddle. >> two important things about congress. one is redistricting really hurt democrats. we got murdered even in places that open did well. that's going to make it tough for us going forward. in the senate you see a strengthening of liberal voices coming in. you got a strengthening of the liberals. >> never cut medicare, never cut social security. >> we had a good chance to retake the senate. the truth is that the democrats

had dumb luck. they got lucky and we had candidates that said dumb thing. s >> you had bad candidates. my guess is it's a large can that gets kicked down to road. you can't do a big deal. >> he said he won't sign one. he's going to force it to a head. >> the tea party stands for austerity, for a radical anti-government agenda. it was rejected even in conservative states tonight. on the careen it says higher income for upper americans.

he ran on that. two-thirds of the american people want the bush tax cuts to expire. >> didn't you get a shout out from sarah palin tonight. i'm happy to say the super pack i advised ran these ads. they said the ads turned the rice. >> i'm sure you would have said the best ads were priority. >> she works from her house. president obama is probably a minute away from speaking. you do not want to turn away from your screen at this point. a historic moment as the president comes on that stage. we're going to listen to the crowd. >> three consecutive two terms president. bill clinton tried to deal with

some of these issues. barack obama in the first term had the one attempt. these problems when it comes to medicare and social security, the fundamental questions have opinion quicked down the road. now we're going into the second term. >> are the democrats willing to compromise? if the republican will compromise on taxes will they make big changes. >> the liberal base of the party is going to say you can't do this to under the circumstances. we just got you reelected. >> president's about to come out. let's watch.

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our union moves forward. it moves forward because of you. it moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and oppression and lifted this country from despair. the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams we are an american family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people. tonight, in this election, you, the american people, reminded us that while our road has been

hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up. we have fought our way back. we know in our hearts that for the united states of america the best is yet to come. i want to thank every american who participated in this election. whether you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time. by the way we have to fix that. whether you pounded the pavement

or picked up the phone, whether you held an obama sign or a romney sign, you made your voice heard, and you made a difference. i just spoke with governor romney and congratulated him and paul ryan on a hard fought campaign. we may have battled fiercely but it's only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future. from george to lenore to their son mitt, the romney family has chose on the give back through public service and that's a legacy that we honor and applaud tonight.

in the weeks ahead i also look forward to sitting down with governor romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward. i want to thank my friend and partner the last four years, america's happy warrior, the president vice president anybody could ever hope for, joe biden. i wouldn't be the man i am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago. let me say this publicly, michelle, i have never loved you

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the best. the best ever. some of you were new this time around and some of you have been at my side since the very beginning. all of you are family no matter what you do or where you go from here. you will carry the memory of the history we made together. you will have the lifelong appreciation of a grateful president. thank you for believing all the way to every hill through every valley. you lifted me up the whole way. i will always be grateful for everything that you've done and all the incredible work that

you've put in. i know that political campaigns can sometimes seem small, even silly and that provides plenty of fodder for the cynics who tell us politics is nothing more than that. if you ever get to talk to the folks who turned out at our rallies or saw folks working in some tiny county far away from home, you'll discover something else. you'll hear the determination in the voice of a young field organizers who is working his way through college wand wants to make sure every child has

that same opportunity. you'll hear the pride in the voice of a volunteer who is going door to door because her brother was finally hired when the local auto plant added another shift. you'll hear the deep patriotism in the strovoice of a military e to make sure that no one fights for this country ever has the fight for a job or a roof over their head when they come home. that's why we do this. that's what politics can be. that's why elections matter. it's not small. it's big.

it's important. democracy and a nation of 300 million can be noisy and messy and complicated. we have our own opinions. each of us has deeply held beliefs. when we go through tough times, when we make big decisions as a country it necessarily stirs passions, stirs up controversy. that won't change after tonight and it shouldn't. these arguments we have are a mark of our liberty. we can never forget that as we speak people in distant nations are risking their lives just for chance to argue about the issues that matter. the chance to cast their ballots like we did today.

despite all our differences, most of us share certain hopes for america's future. we want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers. a country that lives up to its legacy as the global leader in technology in discovery and innovation with all new jobs and businesses that follow. we want our children to live if america that isn't burdened by debt. that isn't weakened by inequality. that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. we want to pass on ta country

that's safe and defended by the best troops this world has ever known. also a country ta that moves with confidence beyond this time of war to shape a piece that's built on the promise of piece an dignity for every human being. we believe in a generous america, in a compassionate america, in a tolerant america open to the dreams of an immigrants daughter who studies in our school and pledges to our flag. to the young boy on the south side of chicago sees a life beyond the street corner. [ cheers and applause ] to the furniture worker's child

this north carolina who wants to become a doctor or a scientist, an engineer or a diplomat or even a president. that's the future we hope for the that's the vision we share. that's where we need to go. forward. that's where we need to go. we will disagree sometimes fiercely about how to glet get there. progress will come in fits and starts. it's not always a straight line. it's not always a smooth path. by itself the recognition that we have common hopes and dreams won't end the gridlock or solve all our problems or substitute for the pain staking work for building consensus and making the difficult compromises needed to move this country forward.

that common bond is where we must begin. our economy is recovering. a decade of war is ending. a long campaign is now over. whether i earned your vote or not i have listened to you. i have learned from you. you've made me a better president. with your stories and your struggles i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead. tonight you voted for action,

not politics as usual. you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. in the coming weeks and months i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together, reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreign oil. we've got more work to do. that doesn't mean your work is done. the role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote. america's never been about what can be done for us. it's about what can be done by us together. the hard and frustrating and necessary work of

self-government. that's the principle we were founded on. this country has more wealth than any nation. that's not what makes us rich. we have the most powerful military in history but that's not what makes us strong. our university, our culture, the enemy of the world but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. what makes america exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. the belief that our destiny is shared. that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and the future generations so that the freedom with so many americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights and among those are loved ander charity and duty and

patriotism, that's what makes america great. [ cheers and applause ] i am hopeful tonight because i've seen the spirit of working america. i've seen it in the family business who is owners would rather cut their own pay than lay off their neighbors and the workers who would rather cut back their hours than see a friend lose a job. i've seen it in the soldiers who reenlist after losing a seal and those that knew their buddies were watching their back. i've seen it on the shores of new jersey and new york where

leaders from every party and level of the government have swept aside their differences to help a community rebuild from the wreckage of a terrible storm. [ cheers and applause ] >> i saw just the other day in mentor, ohio where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter whose long battle with leukemia nearly cost their family everything. had it not. for health care reform passing a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care. i had an opportunity to not just talk to the father but meet this incredible daughter of his. when he spoke to the crowd,

listening to that father's story, every parent in that room had tears in therapy eyes because we knew that little girl could be our own. i know every american wants her future to be just as bright. that's who we are. that's the country i'm so proud to lead as your president. tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the frustrations of washington, i've never been more hopeful about our future. i have never been more hopeful about america. i ask you to sustain that hope. i'm not talking about blind o

optimi optimism. the kind of hope that ignores the ennormty of the tasks ahead. i've always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists despite all the evidence to the contrary that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to feep keep fighting. america i believe we can build on the problem bhaefd and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. i believe we can keep the promise of our founder. the idea that if you're willing to work hard it doesn't matter who you with or where you come

from or what you look like or where you love, it doesn't matter whether you're plaque or white or hispanic or asian or native american or young or old, rich or poor, abled, disabled, gay or straight you can make it here in america if you're willing to try. [ cheers and applause ] i believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we're not as cynical as the pundits believe. we are greater than the sum of individual ambitions. we are and forever will be the united states of america and together with your help and god's grace we will continue our journey forward and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on

earth. thank you, america. god bless you. god bless these united states. [ cheers and applause ]